Shoe-display fixture.



PATENTED JAN. 28, 1906.

P. MINOR. SHOE DISPLAY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1905.

INVENTOR lmrmy FRANK MINOR, OF BATAVIA, NEW YORK.

SHOE-DISPLAY FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1906.

Application filed April 3, 1905. Serial No. 258,678.

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK MINOR, a resident of Batavia, in the county ofGenesee and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shoe- Display Fixtures; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved shoedisplay fixture, the object ofthe invention being to provide the fixture with a removable cover orfacing forming a background for the shoe and provide simple andefficient means for securing the facing in position, which enables thesame to be removed and replaced by others at will.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective,illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in section, and Fig. 3 isa view of the facing removed.

1 represents a base, to which a standard 2 is secured or connected inany approved manner, and the upper end of this standard 2 is bifurcatedto receive a depending fiat lug 3 on the bottom of the shoeplatform 4,and a clamping-screw 5 is passed through the bifurcated end of standard2 and through lug 3 to clamp the platform at any angle of inclination.

The platform 4 is shown of general elliptical shape; but it may be ofany shape desired and may be secured to the standard in any manner founddesirable. The upper portion of the platform 4 is provided with anoutwardly-projecting pin 6 to serve as a heelsupport for the shoeresting thereon, and on this platform is located my improved facing 7,which may be of paper, felt, or other material of any color orornamentation. This facing has a hole to receive pin 6, and aflangedband 8 of the shape of the platform tightly fits thereon and confinesthe edges of the facing.

In a shoe window-display fixture it is very essential that the shoe beshown on a background or facing of such color and material as willharmonize or contrast with the color and material of the shoe onexhibition, so as to bring out a result that will greatly add to itsattractiveness and catch the attention of the passerby. This result isespecially desirable in view of the fact that shoes are now made of somany colors and kinds of material, from the black patent-leather boot tothe white satin slipper, that without this feature in a fixture somevery crude exhibits would result and do result with every fixture now inuse.

By the combination of parts above set forth the exhibitor can easily andquickly adapt the background or facing of the stand to the color andmaterial of the shoe by simply slipping up the band 8 and placing on thefixture such color and material as will produce the most attractiveresults, and this also enables the exhibitor in a very brief time tochange the general color effect of the entire window-display.

Hy invention, therefore, comprehends a show-display fixture or stand soconstructed as to permit the ready changing of the color and design ofthe facing or background for the s oe.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shoe-display fixture comprising a shoe-supporting platform, aremovable covering therefor, means for holding the removable covering onthe platform, and a device projecting from the platform and through theremovable covering for retaining a shoe on the platform.

2. A shoe-display fixture, comprising a shoe-supporting platform, aremovable facing therefor conforming to the shape of the platform, aflanged band around the platform and overlapping the edges of thefacing, and means for holding a shoe on the platform.

3. In a shoe-display fixture, the combination with a shoe-supportingplatform, a pin on said platform to engage the shoe-heel and hold theshoe on the stand, an ornamental facing of the same shape as theplatform, located thereon and having an opening to receive the pin, anda flanged band around the platform securing the edges of the facing.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

FRANK MINOR.

Witnesses:

C. E. NOROUTT, i i G. L. COSTELLO.

